Every year again: The reimbursement notice from the Jobcenter Dresden

Once again, a supposed benefit notice from a JobCenter, which was issued in 2017, has appeared online and is causing a lot of excitement.

It's about the following status post, which was shared again on Facebook in September 2018:

Since July 1, 2017, there has been a change in the law/new regulation, according to which the respective job centers can have services from other authorities/offices reimbursed directly. Previously, benefit recipients had to inform the job centers themselves which benefits (maintenance advance, parental allowance, child benefit, etc.) they additionally received.

These were then counted as income. With the change in the law, the job centers can now have such benefits reimbursed and apply independently on behalf of the benefit recipients. Social benefits such as parental allowance, child benefit and maintenance advances are generally treated and paid with priority in accordance with social law. Sections 40a SGB II & 102 SGB X are decisive for these reimbursement claims

§ 40a SGB II claim for reimbursement

If a person entitled to benefits is granted another social benefit for the same period for which an institution providing basic security for jobseekers provided benefits in accordance with this book, the institution providing basic security for jobseekers has a claim for reimbursement against the other under the conditions of Section 104 of Book Ten social service provider. The claim to reimbursement also exists if the provision of unemployment benefit II was unlawful solely due to a subsequently determined complete reduction in earning capacity or if a pension due to old age or a miners' compensation benefit is retroactively awarded. Sections 106 to 114 of Book Ten apply accordingly. Section 44a paragraph 3 remains unaffected.

§ 102 Claim of the provisional service provider

(1) If a service provider has provisionally provided social benefits due to legal regulations, the service provider obliged to provide them is obliged to reimburse them.

(2) The scope of the reimbursement claim depends on the legal regulations applicable to the provider of the service.

Regarding the present reimbursement claim:

This is a family receiving general benefits according to SGB II - standard receipt with at least two children.

They are entitled to parental allowance of €300 + €75 sibling bonus. (see: Bmfsfj )

The notice shows that the recipients of benefits will have 100% of their parental allowance counted as income and will receive additional income in the following months. (compare: Mimikama – performance notice )

Result:

The status posts mentioned are once again used to incite hatred against fellow citizens with a migration background and to spread untruths. These are regular benefits that every benefit recipient is entitled to according to SGB X and SGV II. In this specific case, however, it is a claim for reimbursement by the job center from another authority.